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gown and gloves for contact with person and environment, remove PPE
before leaving room
What are some type 4 hypersensitivity reactions?
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- Delayed Hyper-sensensitivity
- contact dermatitis, latex allergy or in response to some diagnostic
procedures as in the tuberculin skin test
,What are some risk factors for gout?
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- diet: eating lots of red meat and shellfish, drinking beverages sweetened
with fructose, consuming alcohol but especially beer
- weight: being overweight
- medical conditions: untreated hypertension, diabetes, obesity, metabolic
syndrome, and kidney disease
- meds: low dose aspirin, some hypertension meds (ACE inhibitors and
beta blockers), anti-rejection drugs
- family Hx of gout
- being male (usually develop between 30-50) or being a woman after
menopause
- recent surgery or trauma
What are monocytes?
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long life span, and break down bacteria
What diseases require droplet precautions?
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influenza, mumps, strep, pneumonia
, Why are pain specialists used?
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If the cause of the pain is known (or unknown), serious disease excluded,
no curative treatment is readily available, current treatment is not helping,
or the pain interferes with daily function
What diseases require airborne precautions?
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measles, varicella, TB
what are some risk factors for C. diff?
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- Use of antimicrobials
- Age > 64 years
- Immunosuppression
S/s of sepsis?
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